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Robert Cohen - Theatre, Brief Version-McGraw-Hill Education (2016)

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Brief Contents

Preface iv

Introduction 1

Glossary G-1

Selected Bibliography B-1

Index I-1

Chapter 1 What Is the Theatre? 6

Chapter 2 What Is a Play? 20

Chapter 3 The Actor 37

Chapter 4 The Playwright 59

Chapter 5 Designers and Technicians 86

Chapter 6 The Director 143

Chapter 7 Theatre Traditions: East and West 187

Chapter 8 The Modern Theatre 214

Chapter 9 The American Musical Theatre 240

Chapter 10 Global Theatre Today 255

Chapter 11 The Critic 310

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The Ancients

The Middle Ages

The Renaissance

The Theatre of Asia

The Royal Era

The Modern Theatre: Realism

The Modern Theatre: Antirealism

Appendix: Enjoy the Play!

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